GSPC Claims Credit for Terror Attack on Western Contractors in Algeria

By Evan Kohlmann

In a written communique released today and deemed to be authentic, the Algerian Salafist Group for Prayer and Combat (GSPC) has claimed responsibility for an ambush yesterday on a bus carrying foreign contractors working for the multinational construction conglomerate Brown & Root - Condor on a road west of Algiers. According to the statement from the GSPC:

"Allah... has guided a group of mujahideen in executing an operation that targeted crusaders working for the American company Brown & Root - Condor in Bouchaoui, on the road between Algiers and Zeralda. This operation took place on Sunday afternoon... with the detonation of a bomb on a bus carrying no less than 20 crusaders... This operation is a modest gift that we offer to our Muslim brothers who are suffering from the misfortunes of the new Crusade that is targeting Islam and its sanctuaries. We say to them: your brothers from among the grandsons of Tariq bin Ziyad will never be satisfied until the crusaders and their agents are expelled. We also take this opportunity to renew our call to all the Muslims of Algeria to stay away from the interests of the infidels if they wish to avoid being inadvertently harmed while mixing with the infidels who have been targeted."

The Algerian Interior Ministry has reported that the attack in Bouchaoui killed an Algerian driver and wounded one American, four Britons, two Lebanese, a Canadian, and an additional Algerian.

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